its own facility, and in 1959 the first Cal Poly Pomona Campus Library building opened. Mr. Wells again directed the transfer of the collection, then numbering 16,584 volumes. Within five years, the volume count reached 63,138, and three years later, once again outgrowing the existing facility, the Library completed plans for a new building. By the winter of 1968, the new $4.2 million Cal Poly Pomona Library building was ready for occupancy. The campus designed a four-story structure (with floors numbered ground through 3rd) to allow for the later addition of two stories to accommodate future growth. More than 1,000 students, faculty, and Library staff combined efforts to move over 150,000 books, furnishings, and equipment. Harold F. Wells served 29 years as Library Director. Upon Mr. Wells's retirement, the University appointed Harold B. Schleifer as Acting Director in 1983, Director in 1985, and became the first library Dean until his retirement in December 2008. Harold Schliefer campaigned heavily to create a Dean-level position to reflect the prominence of the library on campus. He also wanted to bring the job in line with the other California State University academic libraries. In 1986, the library held the first First Golden Leaves Award. Library employees hold this event every year to highlight and honor faculty publications. The library adds a copy of each book to the Library’s collection. January 1988 marked the start of construction of the new 4th and 5th floors of the University Library addition for $7.4 million. Featuring advanced computer technology and serving a Cal Poly Pomona campus community of nearly 20,000, the Library building now has 205,000 square feet and seating for approximately 2,600 students. The Library's collection currently boasts over 1,000,000 microforms, 500,000 books; 58,000 technical reports; 10,000 maps; and 3,500 software packages. As part of "Partners in Progress," Cal Poly Pomona's 50th-anniversary capital campaign established an endowment fund for the continued growth of the University Library collection. Celebrating a half-century of growth with the University, the campus dedicated the six-story Library on September 18, 1989; during the ceremony the 500,000th volume, Ansel Adams: Letters and Images, was officially added to the Library's collection. An architectural site study was completed in April 2000. The resulting Library Master Plan formed the basis for a major capital outlay request to renovate and expand the library building to address future needs for capacity and services to support a campus enrollment of